Professor Timothy Jackson of the University of North Texas (UNT), who was wrongfully accused of being a racist for defending music theorist Heinrich Schenker, recently won a preliminary battle in the courts, as District Judge Amos L. Mazzant decisively rejected UNT’s request for a summary dismissal of Jackson’s defamation lawsuit…
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Colleges and universities offer a wide array of courses, many of them touching on controversial issues such as racism and sexism. Professors who teach these courses necessarily have to teach material that can be challenging and often painful to read. Until recently, this was generally considered a necessary part of…
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A federal district court in Florida recently ruled that a student’s lawsuit against Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) could proceed to trial, citing evidence that the university acted in a biased manner when addressing a claim of sexual assault against a male ERAU student. Like many allegations of campus sexual misconduct,…
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The Supreme Court has called America’s colleges and universities “one of the vital centers for the Nation’s intellectual life,” where “free speech and creative inquiry” are of the utmost importance. But can you exercise that right at your college or university without fear of censorship or punishment? According to a…
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Allen Harris Law’s Samantha Harris was recently featured in an article about Timothy Keiderling, a graduate student at Princeton Theological Seminary who fought back against PTS’s efforts to make him attend so-called “anti-racist” trainings that conflicted with his religious beliefs – and won. PTS required its students to participate in…
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Allen Harris Law’s Michael Thad Allen was in the news recently for representing Timothy Jackson. Timothy Jackson is a University of North Texas professor who was accused of “racist acts” and of fomenting a racist academic attack on a fellow music theorist. Timothy Jackson is a tenured music professor, the…
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